Edwardian Sterlings of the Bury St Edmunds Mint, From the Collection of Dr Robin Eaglen

Edward I-II (1272-1327), Class 3g (irregular), plain initial cross, Lombardic ns, robe rtde hade leie, dies Gg2, 1.47g/8h (Eaglen 372 (1), B252, this coin; SCBI North 199; N 1022; S 1417). Bluntly struck, good fine or better with old cabinet tone, rare £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Edwardian Sterlings of the Bury St Edmunds Mint, From the Collection of Dr Robin Eaglen.

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Provenance: R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 26-7 April 1960, lot 3969 (part); Clonterbrook Trust Collection, Glendining Auction, 7 June 1974, lot 68; B.R. Osborne Collection; bt B.R.O. January 1983.

These irregular dies are frequently referred to as ‘local dies’, although there is no certainty about exactly where they were produced. Once regarded as possibly being contemporary imitations, these unusual coins have now been die-linked into the series of late class 3 (dies Ug, Eaglen 370)